Bird stamps from Ascension.

Bird stamps from Ascension.

Saturday, January 21, 2012
Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, around 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mi) from the coast of Africa and 2,250 kilometres (1,400 mi) from the coast of South America, which is roughly midway between the horn of South America and Africa.

It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha,of which the main island, Saint Helena, is around 1,300 kilometres (800 mi) to the southeast, and the territory also includes the "remotest populated archipelago" on earth, the sparsely populated Tristan da Cunha archipelago some thirty degrees farther south–about half the way to the Antarctic Circle.

The Island is named after the day of its recorded discovery, Ascension Day, and is located at 7°56′S 14°22′WCoordinates: 7°56′S 14°22′W, about as far south of the equator as tropical Venezuela is to its north.

Historically, it has played a role as an important safe haven and coaling station to mariners and for commercial airliners during the days of international air travel by flying boats and during World War II was an important naval and air station, especially providing antisubmarine warfare bases in the Battle of the Atlantic and throughout the war.[2] Ascension Island was garrisoned by the British Admiralty from 22 October 1815 to 1922.

The island is the location of Wideawake Airfield, which is a joint facility of the United States Air Force and the Royal Air Force, a European Space Agency rocket tracking station, and the BBC World Service Atlantic Relay Station. The island was used extensively by the British military during the Falklands War. Ascension Island hosts one of five ground antennae (others are on Kwajalein Island, Diego Garcia, Colorado Springs and Hawaii) that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigational system.

Ascension Island, as a part of the wider overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, does not yet have its own flag or coat of arms. The Union Flag and Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom are used instead.

Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1934.01   02.07.1934   Definitives      
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
1s     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     

1956.01   19.11.1956   Definitives      1934.01
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
3d     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
2s6d     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     

1963.01   23.05.1963   Definitives      
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Black Noddy Anous minutus White Tern Gygis alba Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Masked Booby Sula dactylatra White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Band-rumped Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro Red-footed Booby Sula sula Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Red-footed Booby Sula sula
1d     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
1½d     66     Black Noddy    Anous minutus     
2d     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
3d     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     
4½d     66     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     
6d     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
7d     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
10d     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
1s     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
1s6d     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     
2s6d     19     Band-rumped Storm Petrel    Oceanodroma castro     
5s     31     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
10s     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
1£     31     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     

1963.02   23.05.1963   Definitives   Booklet   1963.01
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Black Noddy Anous minutus White Tern Gygis alba Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
1d     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
1½d     66     Black Noddy    Anous minutus     
2d     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
3d     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     
6d     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
1s6d     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     

1970.01   07.09.1970   Royal naval crests   4v set   
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
2s6d     162     Eurasian Magpie    Pica pica     

1976.01   26.04.1976   Birds      
Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris White Tern Gygis alba Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Black Noddy Anous minutus Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Band-rumped Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Red-footed Booby Sula sula Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
1p     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     
2p     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
3p     219     Common Waxbill    Estrilda astrild     
4p     66     Black Noddy    Anous minutus     
5p     66     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     
6p     209     Common Myna    Acridotheres tristis     
7p     19     Band-rumped Storm Petrel    Oceanodroma castro     
8p     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
9p     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
10p     31     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
15p     11     Red-necked Spurfowl    Pternistis afer     
18p     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
25p     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     
50p     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
1£     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
2£     219     Common Waxbill    Estrilda astrild     
and     19     Band-rumped Storm Petrel    Oceanodroma castro     
and     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
and     31     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
and     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
and     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
and     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     

1984.01   26.07.1984   New coinage   4v set   
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
70p     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     

1987.01   08.10.1987   Sea birds      
Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila
25p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
25p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
and     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
and     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
and     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     
25p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
and     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
and     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
25p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
and     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
and     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
25p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
and     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     

1988.01   15.08.1988   Sea birds      
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
25p     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
25p     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
25p     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
25p     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
25p     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     

1990.01   05.03.1990   WWF      
Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila
9p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
10p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
11p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
15p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     

1993.01   12.01.1993   Yellow Canary      
Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
15p     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     
18p     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     
25p     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     
70p     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     

1994.01   16.08.1994   Sooty Tern      
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
20p     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
25p     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
30p     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
65p     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     

1994.02   16.08.1994   Sooty Tern      
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
1$     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     MS

1994.03   11.10.1994   Christmas   5v set   
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
30p     26     Western Cattle Egret    Bubulcus ibis     

1996.01   12.08.1996   Birds      
Band-rumped Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Common Myna Acridotheres tristis House Sparrow Passer domesticus Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild White Tern Gygis alba Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris Black Noddy Anous minutus Red-footed Booby Sula sula White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila
1p     19     Band-rumped Storm Petrel    Oceanodroma castro     
2p     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     
4p     209     Common Myna    Acridotheres tristis     
5p     217     House Sparrow    Passer domesticus     
7p     219     Common Waxbill    Estrilda astrild     
10p     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
12p     11     Red-necked Spurfowl    Pternistis afer     
15p     66     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     
20p     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     
25p     66     Black Noddy    Anous minutus     
30p     31     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
40p     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
65p     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
1£     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
2£     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
3£     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     

1997.01   03.02.1997   Hong Kong 97      1996.01
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
65p     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     MS

1997.02   20.06.1997   The return of Hong Kong to China      1996.01
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
1£     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     MS

1997.03   01.09.1997   Birds   Booklet   1996.01
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
15c     219     Common Waxbill    Estrilda astrild     cl
15c     219     Common Waxbill    Estrilda astrild     cr
35c     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     cl
35c     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     cr

1998.01   15.06.1998   Migratory birds      
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Common House Martin Delichon urbicum Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Common Swift Apus apus Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
15p     183     Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica     
25p     183     Common House Martin    Delichon urbicum     
35p     26     Western Cattle Egret    Bubulcus ibis     
40p     85     Common Swift    Apus apus     
50p     46     Allen's Gallinule    Porphyrio alleni     

1999.01   27.04.1999   WWF, Fairy Tern      
White Tern Gygis alba White Tern Gygis alba White Tern Gygis alba White Tern Gygis alba
10p     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
10p     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
10p     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
10p     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     

2001.01   01.10.2001   BirdLife International      
Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila
15p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
35p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
40p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
50p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     

2001.02   01.10.2001   BirdLife International   Sheet   2001.01

Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila
10p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     New
15p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
35p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
40p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     
50p     30     Ascension Frigatebird    Fregata aquila     

2002.01   28.08.2002   Views and flowers   12v set   
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
25p     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
40p     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     

2004.01   06.02.2004   BirdLife International   p 14½x13¾   
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
15p     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
35p     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
40p     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
50p     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
90p     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     

2004.02   06.02.2004   BirdLife International   Sheet, p 14½   2004.01

Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
15p     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
35p     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
40p     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
50p     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
90p     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     

2004.03   28.10.2004   Lunar eclipse   4v set   
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
1.25£     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     

2004.04   28.10.2004   Lunar eclipse      2004.03
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
1.25£     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     MS

2005.01   27.05.2005   BirdLife International      
White Tern Gygis alba White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
15p     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
35p     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
40p     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
50p     66     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     
1.25£     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     

2005.02   27.05.2005   BirdLife International   Sheet   2005.01

White Tern Gygis alba White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
15p     66     White Tern    Gygis alba     
35p     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
40p     31     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
50p     66     Brown Noddy    Anous stolidus     
1.25£     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     

2006.01   24.07.2006   Exploration and innovation   8v set   
Common Tern Sterna hirundo Common Tern Sterna hirundo
40p     66     Common Tern    Sterna hirundo     
40p     66     Common Tern    Sterna hirundo     

2007.01   10.12.2007   BOU expedition   8v set   
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Red-footed Booby Sula sula
25p     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
25p     66     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
40p     31     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
50p     31     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     

2008.01   05.02.2008   Animals   12v set   
Red-footed Booby Sula sula Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Band-rumped Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
50p     31     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
90p     219     Common Waxbill    Estrilda astrild     
2.50£     19     Band-rumped Storm Petrel    Oceanodroma castro     
5£     11     Red-necked Spurfowl    Pternistis afer     

2009.01   13.11.2009   Charles Darwin   4v set   
Woodpecker Finch Camarhynchus pallidus Flightless Cormorant Phalacrocorax harrisi Galapagos Penguin Spheniscus mendiculus
35p     231     Woodpecker Finch    Camarhynchus pallidus     
50p     32     Flightless Cormorant    Phalacrocorax harrisi     
2£     16     Galapagos Penguin    Spheniscus mendiculus     

2009.02   04.12.2009   Tropicbird      
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
35p     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
40p     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
50p     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
1.25£     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     

2009.03   04.12.2009   Tropicbird   Sheet with 4 sets   2009.02

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White-tailed Tropicbird  Phaethon lepturus White-tailed Tropicbird  Phaethon lepturus White-tailed Tropicbird  Phaethon lepturus White-tailed Tropicbird  Phaethon lepturus
35p     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
40p     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
50p     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
1.25£     23     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     

2010.01   11.10.2010   The Yellow Canary      
Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
15p     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     
35p     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     
60p     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     
90p     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     

2010.02   11.10.2010   The Yellow Canary   Sheet with 4 sets   2010.01

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Yellow Canary  Crithagra flaviventris Yellow Canary  Crithagra flaviventris Yellow Canary  Crithagra flaviventris Yellow Canary  Crithagra flaviventris
15p     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     
35p     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     
60p     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     
90p     225     Yellow Canary    Crithagra flaviventris     

2011.01   31.08.2011   WWF      
35p     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     
40p     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     
50p     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     
1.25£     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     

2011.02   31.08.2011   WWF   Sheet with 4 sets   2011.01
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
35p     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     No frame
40p     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     No frame
50p     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     No frame
1.25£     23     Red-billed Tropicbird    Phaethon aethereus     No frame


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